Woven textile fabric



March 11,1947.

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fluff/e8 P vifioi rd@fi Patented 11, 1947 ori ice i 'hpplication Jana-a, 1o4s,sr:al1vo. 64am The object oi thisiinvention is topresent :a

novel woven textile fiat fabric particularly suit, .able for use/ for mens, andwo'inens summer.

clothing as well as for ldraperies and other pure poses in which animal, cotton-and rayon fibers are so blended together and disposed as to be substantially indistinguishable and in which the body-of the fabric is well balanced, crush resist-'- ant and of a'springy character rendering it particularly adaptable for use in clothing.

; The object or; the invention also is to-present such a fabric which should be durable, washable,

and have an even uniform'fa'ce. I

4 The nature and .objects'of .the invention will appear more fully from the following specification and be particularly pointed out in the claim.

The animal fiber employed is preferably mohair, the well-known characteristics of which render it a highly valuable factor in summer clothing, draperies and similar material, but such fiber is expensive and its advantagesare available in a fabric when it forms but a. part thereof. The/cotton and rayon fibers also have well-known 1 desirable--characteristics in. fabrics; among other things the cotton giving strength and the rayon having springy characteristics and'when in the filament form giving great strength. In this invention by reason of a novel arrangement and distribution of these three fibers a fabric of highly desirable characteristics is obtained and in which the three fibers are so blended and disposed that they are substantially indistinguishable at the face of the fabric.

These results are secured and the fabric will balance by forming the fabric of regularly interwoven warp and filling yarns, each of which has substantially the same count and in which these Warp and filling yarns have certain definite composition and characteristics.

The drawing illustrates a' portion of a fabric embodying a preferred form of the invention. But as it is practically impossible to make an accurate drawing itwill be understood that the illustration is much enlarged with the yarns separated and is only of a schematic nature to indicate the general principle involved,

The warp yarn is a two-ply yarn. One 'ply of this warp yarn is a single cotton yarn having relatively, with respect to the other ply, a low count and low twist. The other ply is a rayon 1 claim (or. 139-427;!)

. v 2 filament yam having arelativel'y high count with respect to the first .plyand, as inthe case of all r filament yarns,- hardly any twist.

composition of this warp yarn is to have the first pl'y'a single cotton yarn of about 16 count, and

the other ply arayon filament yarn of about 150 rayon ply is buried in the soft cotton ply and' acts to give the desired strength for the warp and also to given springiness to the entire fabric and to assist in resisting crushing.

The filling yarn i made of substantially the same count and, therefore, substantially the same size as the warp resultant yarn so as to balance and stabilize the fabric. This yarn is composed 20 substantially of three parts animal fiber, preferably mohair, and one part of staple rayon fiber, and these fibers are spun, together as asingle yarn of standard twist by the process such as disclosed inthe patents to Nutten- 2.016;38'7,

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The count of the warp yam, a two-ply single 16 cotton and 150 denier rayon filament, given as an illustration, is about equal to 11 on the, cotton or 14 on the worsted system. The single filling yarn should balance with the warp yarn and,

thus be of substantially the same count, but if anything on the larger side and may be about 9% on the cotton or 13 on the worsted system.

This arrangement and disposition of the three different fibers renders them in the cloth when woven practically indistinguishable. When mohair is employed, it enables practically 80% of the entire fleece including the kemp to be em- 0 ployed.

When the viscose rayon is employed the entire fabric may be dyed in the piece with the dye taken satisfactorily by all three fibers, and with the rapid progress being made in the develop ment of dyes, it is expected that other types of rayon when employed in the fabric may also take the dye along with the other types of fiber.

The fabric made in accordance with this invention presents an even uniform face with the three types of fibers so disposed as to be sub- A desirable October 8,1935, and Nutter er 9.1;, 2,358,656, 'Sep- A woven textile fiat fabric composed of animal,

cotton and rayon fibers presenting an even uniform face with the several types of fibers so disposed as to be substantially indistinguishable and presenting a, springy crush-resistant well balanced body secured by and consisting of regulerly interwoven warp and filling yarns each of substantially the same count in which the warp is a. two-ply yarn one ply of which is a, relatively 20 low count low twist single cotton yarn and the other ply of which is a relatively high count rayon filament yarn well buried in the first ply and in which the filling is composed of substan tially three parts animal fiber and one part staple rayon fiber spun together as a single yarn of standard twist.

, WILLIAM S. NUI'IER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENT-3 Number Name Date 1,131,259 Nutter Mar. 9, 1915v 2,112,123 Tenney Mar. 22, 1928 2,122,175 Coulter, Jr. June 28, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country l Date 498,9 British J an. 22, 1.938 

